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lit. to nurture a tiger invites calamity · fig. to indulge one's enemy is asking for trouble (idiom)

养虎为患
yǎng hǔ wéi huàn
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Synonyms
Synonyms
let the tiger back to the mountain · release a tiger that might return to the hills · lay by trouble for the future · cause calamity for the future放虎归山fàng hǔ guī shān